Manukau Urban Māori Authority says whānau Māori are facing a decline in support services despite special treatment claims.
This was said during the urban Māori organisation’s Treaty Principles Bill oral submission yesterday.
Bill lead, Associate Justice Minister David Seymour says the Treaty Principles Bill will define the principles of Te Tiriti in legislation to build consensus and strengthen constitutional legitimacy and social cohesion.
Manukau Urban Māori Authority CEO Tania Rangiheuea says South Auckland continues to suffer from systemic disadvantage, and this bill undermines previous government efforts to address those issues.
“I think that it’s going to be harder for Māori. We see it as an organization how hard it is to secure resources so that we can support families. As an organisation, all of our resources go back out to our community, and fewer, fewer, fewer resources have been released. And that’s a worry,” say Rangiheuea.
Today, a sub-Justice Select Committee continues hearing oral submissions on the bill, with hearings running until Friday.
